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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2013.0803
Security Bulletin: Potential security vulnerabilities in Rational
Requirements Composer 4.x for the Oracle October 2012 and February 2013 CPU
(CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2013-0440, CVE-2013-0443, CVE-2013-0169)
11 June 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Rational Requirements Composer
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Modify Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Overwrite Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Delete Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2013-0443 CVE-2013-0440 CVE-2013-0169
CVE-2012-5081
Reference: ASB-2013.0069
ASB-2013.0025
ASB-2013.0013
ESB-2013.0782
ESB-2013.0770
ESB-2013.0769
ESB-2013.0768
ESB-2013.0767
ESB-2013.0760
ESB-2013.0749
ASB-2012.0144
ASB-2012.0143
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21639736
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Security Bulletin: Potential security vulnerabilities in Rational Requirements
Composer 4.x for the Oracle October 2012 and February 2013 CPU (CVE-2012-5081,
CVE-2013-0440, CVE-2013-0443, CVE-2013-0169)
Flash (Alert)
Document information
Rational Requirements Composer
General Information
Software version:
4.0.3
Operating system(s):
Linux, Windows
Software edition:
All Editions
Reference #:
1639736
Modified date:
2013-06-07
Abstract
The version 4.x release of IBM Rational Requirements Composer is shipped with
an IBM Java that is based on the Oracle Java. Oracle has released October 2012
and February 2013 critical patch updates (CPU) which contain security
vulnerability fixes and the IBM Java is affected.
Content
VULNERABILITY DETAILS
CVE ID: CVE-2012-5081
DESCRIPTION:
An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java Runtime Environment related to
JSSE could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service using unknown
attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79435 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVE ID: CVE-2013-0440
DESCRIPTION:
Unspecified vulnerability in the JRE component allows remote attackers to
affect availability via vectors related to JSSE
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81799 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVE ID: CVE-2013-0443
DESCRIPTION:
Unspecified vulnerability in the JRE component allows remote attackers to
affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Networking
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81801 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
CVE ID: CVE-2013-0169
DESCRIPTION:
The TLS protocol does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks, which
allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plain-text
recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets,
also known as the "Lucky Thirteen" issue.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81902 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
Rational Requirements Composer 4.0.2 and earlier.
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix to all previous versions as soon
as practical. Please see below for information on the fixes available.
Fix:
The Rational Requirements Composer Manager 4.0.3 release includes an updated
IBM Java version which addresses these security issues.
Workaround(s):
None.
Mitigation(s):
None.
REFERENCES:
IBM Security Alerts: Oracle October 2012, Oracle February 1 2013, Oracle
February 19 2013
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2012, February 2013
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
CVE-2012-5081
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79435
CVE-2013-0440
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81799
CVE-2013-0443
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81801
CVE-2013-0169
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81902
RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
None
CHANGE HISTORY:
7 June 2013: Original copy published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the
Reference section of this Flash.
Note: According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST),
the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND,INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING
THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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